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{ Monthly Archives } March 2007

Etiologic subtypes of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: brain imaging, molecular genetic and environmental factors and the dopamine hypothesis.

by James M. Swanson, Marcel Kinsbourne, Joel Nigg, Bruce Lanphear, Gerry A. Stefanatos, DPhil, Norah Volkow, Eric Taylor, B. J. Casey, F. Xavier Castellanos, Pathik D. Wadhwa. Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA. Multiple theories of Attention-Deficit/Hyper-activity Disorder (ADHD) have been proposed, but one that has stood the test of time is [...]

Mar 21, 2007 Diseases & Disorders
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Innovative Initiatives Enhance Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation at MossRehab

Robots are no longer futuristic concepts; at MossRehab, they actively participate in treatment. MossRehab is the first institution to incorporate the promising ReoTM Therapy robotic system, by Motorika Ltd., into clinical practice and research for upper limb rehabilitation. Robotics is one of many innovative treatments that physiatrists at MossRehab research and employ to provide optimal [...]

Mar 1, 2007 Brain injury
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a neuropsychological perspective towards DSM-by V.

by Gerry A. Stefanatos, DPhil, Ida Sue Baron. Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Neuropsychological methods and techniques have much to offer in the evaluation of the individual suspected as having Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). After a review of the historical evolution of the ADHD concept, incidence and prevalence, and DSM-IV [...]

Mar 1, 2007 Diseases & Disorders
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Fine grain temporal analysis in aphasia: evidence from auditory gap detection.

by G.A. Stefanatos, Leonard E. Braitman, Sean Madigan. Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Auditory temporal processing was investigated in individuals with acquired aphasia using a task in which they were asked to detect brief silent gaps inserted between noise segments modeled after formants in speech. To examine within-channel gap [...]

Mar 1, 2007 Diseases & Disorders
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Thomas K. Watanabe, MD Joins The Drucker Brain Injury Center

On December 13, 2006, Thomas K. Watanabe, MD, was appointed clinical director of the Drucker Brain Injury Center. Dr. Watanabe comes to MossRehab from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center where he served as associate professor, and from University Rehabilitation Inc., a medical practice for which he served as staff physiatrist. Since completing a traumatic [...]

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Black Box Research Defines Content of TBI Rehabilitation Sessions

At MossRehab, clinical work and research form a unique symbiotic relationship that benefits the progress of both. With the creation of Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute (MRRI) in 1992, an infrastructure was put in place to maintain a high level of contact between researchers and clinicians. MRRI researchers assist MossRehab clinicians in designing study protocols. In [...]

Mar 1, 2007 Brain injury
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Racial differences in caregiving patterns, caregiver emotional function, and sources of emotional support following traumatic brain injury.

by Tessa Hart, PhD, Therese M. O’Neil-Pirozzi, ScD, CCC-SLP, Kelli D. Williams, MPH, MS, OTR/L, Lisa J. Rapport, PhD, Flora Hammond, MD, Jeffery Kreutzer, PhD. Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA. OBJECTIVE: Compare white and African American caregivers of people with moderate to severe traumatic brain [...]

Mar 1, 2007 Brain injury
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